The 1980
U.S. Senate election for the state of
North Dakota was held November 4, 1980. The incumbent,
Republican Senator
Milton Young
Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in the ...
, was retiring. Republican
Mark Andrews defeated
North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate
Kent Johanneson
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces t ...
to fill the vacated seat.
Andrews, who had served as a
Representative since 1963, easily received the
Republican nomination, and the endorsed Democratic-NPL candidate was Kent Johanneson. Andrews and Johanneson won the primary elections for their respective parties.
Two
independent candidates,
Harley McLain and
Don J. Klingensmith also filed before the deadline under the Chemical Farming Banned and Statesman parties respectively. McLain would later run for the same seat in 1998 against then incumbent
Byron Dorgan.
Election results
Notes
External links
1980 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results
1980
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